05-19-2011, 12:00 AM
Gonzo wrote:
I fail to see how you can say I am defending anything, either her or her actions, any more than I would defend guys running the shell game. A con is a con, and if done well, lures in the suckers. Is the realm of spirituality restricted from cons? Try watching TV preachers some time...watch the movie "Elmer Gantry" - there are probably more spiritual cons than any other.
You've used terms such as "admiring" the con which was perpetrated by FW, and comparing it to the Nagual Julian's stunt re the four Tulios. My return argument has always been (and still remains) that NO skill or cunning is required to pull off a con on the internet because you can pretend to be anyone or anything, and without face to face personal contact, it is virtually impossible for MOST people to see through the lies. Fortunately for myself, Enchantra and a few others, the "energy signature" of FW is virtually unmistakable, so there were - thankfully - a few who couldn't be taken in by the ruse. We tried to warn the rest of ya, but you were too busy being taken in to even consider that you'd been taken in. Heh.
Bottom line: FW was no Julian. You can put a jockey on a jackass, but he'll never be a racehorse.
I fail to see how you can say I am defending anything, either her or her actions, any more than I would defend guys running the shell game. A con is a con, and if done well, lures in the suckers. Is the realm of spirituality restricted from cons? Try watching TV preachers some time...watch the movie "Elmer Gantry" - there are probably more spiritual cons than any other.
You've used terms such as "admiring" the con which was perpetrated by FW, and comparing it to the Nagual Julian's stunt re the four Tulios. My return argument has always been (and still remains) that NO skill or cunning is required to pull off a con on the internet because you can pretend to be anyone or anything, and without face to face personal contact, it is virtually impossible for MOST people to see through the lies. Fortunately for myself, Enchantra and a few others, the "energy signature" of FW is virtually unmistakable, so there were - thankfully - a few who couldn't be taken in by the ruse. We tried to warn the rest of ya, but you were too busy being taken in to even consider that you'd been taken in. Heh.
Bottom line: FW was no Julian. You can put a jockey on a jackass, but he'll never be a racehorse.